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thoughts will gradually find fade. Be steady & slow in the practice of concentration. Concentration is holding the mind to one form or object for a long time, To remove the tossing of mind and various other obstacles, which stand in the way of one pointedness, the practice of concentration on one thing alone should be made.
If you want to increase your power of concentration, you will have to reduce your worldy desires & activities. You will have to observe silence every day for some hours, then only can the mind concentrate very easily & without difficulty. In concertration you will have only one thought in the mind lake, all other operation of the mind should be suspended.
Try to acquire the power of closing ourself against detrimental or undesirable thoughts. We will have to cultivate ideas and ground them till they are firmly fixed & implanted.
Nothing is difficult when you strongly make up your mind. Strong determination and firm resolution will bring sanguine success in every affair and in the .conquest of mind. Non co-operation with the mind in its evil wanderings, the mind will come under your control. If you want rapid progress in the spiritual path,
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